Hitler Essays (634 words) - Hitler Family, Adolf Hitler, Nazism

Hitler More than twelve million people were killed in concentration camps, six million were Jewish. All of these horrifying events were consequences of the evening, April 20, 1889, when the one man responsible for all of this was born. Adolf Hitler was born into a loving family of small farmers and craftsmen. He had one half-sister, Angela, and one half-brother, Alois, Jr. Hitler's mother loved him very much and anyone could tell, because she showered him with affection. In his early school years, Adolf was a truly good student. He even took singing lessons and sang in the choir at a Benedictine monastery. He found the church festivals fascinating. His enthusiasm for the church soon began to fade, though. As his teen years approached, he began to rebel against the church and the career plans that his father had made. These plans were for him to become a civil servant, just as he had been. Hitler loved art and wanted to become a painter. He refused to go by his father's plans. This was just one thing that him and his father did not get along about. There really wasn't much they did agree on. Sometimes Alois criticized and even struck his son. Although they didn't get along very well, Adolf was devastated at his father's death when he was a merely thirteen years old. He even cried when he saw his body laying in the casket. Hitler was devoted to his mother and loved her deeply. She was very kind to him and encouraged to be an artist, or whatever else he decided to be. He even thought of himself as his mother's darling, and he carried her picture with him everywhere he went. In 1905, Hitler visited the country where he would later become dictator. While he was there, as a pale and sickly looking teenager, he stuck everyone as a shy and reserved young man. After that, he spent a few months studying, drawing in Munich, Germany. In October of 1907, he moved to Vienna, planning to study art. He applied to the Academy of Fine Arts Academy, but got rejected. The next year, in December, his beloved mother, Klara passed away. Later that year, he applied again for the art academy, but got rejected again. In the month of October, 1914, World War One broke out and Hitler joined the Bovarian Army. Hitler felt he needed to defend Germany, his adopted country. On August 4, 1918, Hitler was awarded the Iron Cross, First Class for bravery. Then, on June28, 1919, Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles, ending WW1. Several years later , in 1942, Hitler and his army shattered many lives by capturing and killing the inferior races the slowest and most painful ways possible. The inferior races, according to him were all Jewish people, the terminally ill, the physically and mentally handicapped, and anyone not of German descent. Hitler was a horrible and sick man, who brought on tough times for all people. Many people agree that it was very hard to speak up and if you did, you would get killed. Hitler even had doctors testing to find the most painful and horrible deaths on people. Hitler had a great relationship with his mother, but he and his father argued most of time. His father even beat him on occasion. Hitler was a scrawny and sickly looking boy who only had only one friend. He had gotten rejected from art school twice. All of this made him feel that he had no purpose in the world. Doing these horrible things probably made him think that he was making people feel the same way he felt all of those years and for a small amount of time, made him feel better about himself. I think that the German people were willing to follow and believe Hitler, because they had been through some rough times and would believe anyone who said that they could give them jobs and raise their income. They also wanted to hear that they were the best and when he said this, he won many Germans over.